Merry-go-round



June z3, 192s. 1,543,020

H. B. LOMBARD MERaY-Go-Rounn lFiled Jan. 11, 1923 2 sheets-sheet a 4 Ime/nio@ @Chung Patented June 23, `1925.

@UNITED lsfr-.ATr1.5,

'HUEL zB. Lon-BARI), 'or V Beoolriives, SOUTH DAKOTA.

LMERRY-cro-noUNng Application filed January 11, 11923. ,serial naciente.

To all wwmwt may (lancera:

`Be it vknown that I, HUnLfB. LoMBARm-a citizen of the vUnited `States,.iresiding Yat Brookings, .in the county of Brookings',

cars of the device bein arran ed to swinofr outwardly, as the devicerotates.

Another object is to provide a novel and improved driving mechanismwhereby as the cars swing outwardly, the driving connections are notinterfered with.

Other objects and advantages will be ap- 25 parent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a merrygo-round made in accordance withthe invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on the line 2-2 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a p-artial sectional view through one of the driving cars.

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the forwardendl of one of the driving cars, o-n the line 4-4 of Fig-V' ure 3. 4UReferring particularly to the accompanying drawings, represents asuitable base on the center of which is erected a center pole or post11, and rotatably engaged on the upper end of this @post is an elongatedcap 12. Secured to and radiating from this cap are the arms 13, t-o theouter ends of which, and extending therebetween are the spacing strips14. Anti-friction bearings are disposed between the cap and post, asclearly seen in the vertical sectional view Figure 2. Connected to theupper end of the cap 12, and to the outer ends of the arms 13, are thesupporting and bracing cables or rods 16. Rigidly mounted on the post,

below the arms 13, isa ring Vgear 17,v Depending from thecuterend ofeach of the arms 13 are-thebrackets l,18,.and suspended from certain ofthese brackets, by means of the cables or :rods :19, are the .oars ,20.Certain o'ff the cars, designated .by the numeral.21,.-are known .as themotor cars, yor drivingcars, each of ,thesemars suspended at-its forwardend by a heavier-rod 22. y Connected tothe upper end ofthis heavier rod22 is a horizontally disposed .rod r23, the saine having its other endconnected to the yupperendofthecable A19, and tothe bracket 18. Qn the`intermediate portion of the-,rod 23, which portion is offset outwardlyand upwardly, there is moiuitedf a transverse shaft 24, connected to ashort shaft 24 by means of a ball-and-socket joint 23. The outer end ofthe shaft 24 carries a crank 25 to which is connected the upper end ofthe operating link or pitman 26, said pitman extending downwardly'through the forward end of the car. Pivotally mounted in the `'car anddepending through the bot-tom thereof, is a lever 29, the lower end ofwhich is provided with a cross member 30, on which the feet of theoccupant are placed. A vertical lever31 is centrally pivoted in thecarand extends above and belofw the car, the upper end being providedwithcross handles 32, while the lower end is pivotally connected with thelower end of the lever 29, just above the foot bar 30, by means of alink 33. Rigidly mounted on the lever 31, and extending forwardlytherefrom, is a triangular member composed of the arms 27 and 28, and'to the forward or apeX end thereof is pivoted the lower end of thepitman 26, as clearly see-n in Fig. 3. By means of the levers, moved bythe hands and feet o-f occupant, the link or pitman 26 is reciprocatedto [cause the rotation of the shaft 24. To the inner end portion of theshaft 24 there is connected the outer end of a radial shaft 34, the samebeing connected to said shaft by means of a sliding joint 35. The shaft34 has on its inner end a pinion 36 which meshes with the ring gear 17.Thus, as the car swings outwardly the rod 22 will be rocked, carryingthe shaft 24 out of horizontal position, but by reason of the slidingjoint and the universal joint 23, operative driving connections with theshaft 34 are not interfered with. Driv,

ing may thereby be accomplished. at any point between the vertical,position or' the car to a horizontal position extending outwardly fromthe outer ends of the radial arms of the supporting structure.

Supported on the blase, and elevated thereabove into a planeapproximately in line with that oil theV cars, is a circular rail 37,which may be grasped by the occupants of the cars to give a start to thedevice, or to bring the device to a stand-still.

W'hat is claimed is:

l. A merry-go-round including a center post, a rotary carriage on thepost, a series of cars suspended on the carriage, a series of outwardlyswinging frames suspended on the carriage and extending in tangentialrelation thereto, cars suspended on the swinging frames, manuallyoperable driving means on each of the last-named cars including arocker, a crank shaft on each or the swinging frames, a gear on thepost, a radial shaft having a driving gear engaged with the post-carriedgear, a rod connecting the said crank and rocker, and a universal jointand sliding joint connections between the second iframe crank shaft andthe radial shaft.

2. A merry-go-round including a center post, a rotatable framesup-ported on the post, a gear on the post, cars, flexible meanssupporting the ears on the frame, shafts supported for rocking movementon the `frame and having intermediate crank portions, radial shafts eachhaving an` inner section provided with a gear engaged with the postgear, an outer section rotatable in the crank portion of a rockingshaft, and an intermediate. seetion slidably connected with the innersection, and universally joined with the outer section, depending barson the rocking shafts, cars carried by said bars, and driving means inthe lastnamed cars operatively connected with the said outer sections ofthe radial shafts.

ln testimony whereof, l aiiiX my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

HUEL` B. LOMBARD. lVitnesses F. P. HERMAN, J. A. LUNDEN.

